Tue. 2/5/13 5:35pm
kat330:
If anyone has info or an opinion about Rehoboth Beach, DE, please do tell!

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Tue. 2/5/13 5:36pm
Doug Schulkind:
I haven't hung out at Rehoboth since the mid-'60s!

Tue. 2/5/13 5:38pm
kat330:
We're just considering places with two criteria: An ocean beach and an airport (nearish by) where there are nonstop flights from Louisville. That's a VERY short list unfortunately. But I believe Rehoboth is the closest Atl Ocean beach to BWI, yes?

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Tue. 2/5/13 5:40pm
Doug Schulkind:
@kat330
Not sure if Bethany Beach is closer. Unless, of course, you're referring to the British West Indies...

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Tue. 2/5/13 5:42pm
glenn:
holy crap, you guys are keeners. you might as well just leave the comments board running 24/7, drummer.

Tue. 2/5/13 5:42pm
kat330:
Aha, Philo mentioned Bethany Beach, too. Do you recall any pros or cons between them? Or perhaps it's all con these days? ;) And we're considering a late April trip, so suppose no swimming could be involved, daggit.

Tue. 2/5/13 5:44pm
kat330:
Hello, mr. glenn! We weren't here last week, so we figured we'd get an early berth today.

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Tue. 2/5/13 5:45pm
glenn:
seriously? they lost a nuke? that's messed up on so many different levels.

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Tue. 2/5/13 5:48pm
listener james from westwood:
@glenn, check wikipedia for a frightening list of military nuclear accidents. (prob. 100% congruent w. the list doug just pointed to while i typed this!)

Tue. 2/5/13 5:53pm
kat330:
Hey, James! Feel as though I haven't seen you much recently. Well met!

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Tue. 2/5/13 5:55pm
listener james from westwood:
evening, kat! been offsite for a couple of charlie's shows, one of doug's; thank the radio gods for the archives! was happy to catch a live tape hiss today, though.

Tue. 2/5/13 5:57pm
kat330:
So I wonder if we're going to hear releases that were commercial bombs or ... ?

Tue. 2/5/13 6:02pm
Philo Gristle:
@James Fantastic idea -- hope you took it easy on pills and shotguns! What (little) I know of American politics, I learned from Hunter.

Tue. 2/5/13 6:02pm
kat330:
@Matt: After locating it on the map, I keep thinking of it as Bebe Rebozo Beach. ;) So is it (still) worthwhile to stay on (in late April) or is it the bomb (in the bad sense)?

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:04pm
Matt from Springfield:
@kat: It is even nicer and more tranquil (and far less touristy) in the off-season. Not as many places are open, but it's not like you'd need all of them year round. Cold water is the only deterrent. That and retail outlet stores proliferated like fungi.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:05pm
Matt from Springfield:
Joe McG has played this Sons of the Pioneers--great progressive statement for the time. Cowboys can be pretty smart too, y'know!

Tue. 2/5/13 6:08pm
kat330:
The Baltimore destination consideration has nothing to do with the Ravens, btw. We are a Superbowl-free household. Only other "southern" beaches close to nonstops are Miami (where we've been) and Houston, which has nothing even as close as Rehoboth.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:08pm
ndbob:
this is (or was) the land of missile silos - a friend of mine actually helped to build one

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:10pm
ndbob:
@kat @philo I'm originally from Baltimore - not a Superbowl free household here - but frequently the only game I watch

Tue. 2/5/13 6:11pm
Philo Gristle:
@Matt Don't care if the pizza looks grotty, long as they taste tasty! Sounds like a beach-only pizzeria might even serve some seafood pizzas... scallop me a slice!

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:11pm
Matt from Springfield:
@NDBob: Some of which are decoy "scarecrow" silos, with all the active ones run by underground missile control bunkers throughout the state. I assume with the new nuclear treaty and budget cutting, a lot of those decommissioned will probably come out of the Dakotas.

Tue. 2/5/13 6:11pm
kat330:
Congrats on your win, Bob! If we do make this Baltimore trip, we're hoping to get crabs. ;)

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:12pm
Artie:
Fingers crossed for some Dazz Band, without or without pizza.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:12pm
Matt from Springfield:
Hmm, not sure if Grotto's has scallops as a topping--but fer sure scallops (and crab, and fish and everything fruit de mer) at very many great places, at good prices!

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:12pm
Joe McG:
I was hoping you wouldn't leave this one out, Doug!

Tue. 2/5/13 6:12pm
Philo Gristle:
There was a story on 60 minutes, methinks, about some entrepreneur converting silos into underground apartment buildings.

Tue. 2/5/13 6:15pm
kat330:
@annie: I do not know that film. Thanks for the tip.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:15pm
ndbob:
@Matt - yep - the air base in Minot is still a prime nuclear center though

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:15pm
Matt from Springfield:
@kat: I noticed you said you listen to Surface Noise archives on Mondays! I'm up commenting with it midnight to 3, but when it was from 3 to 6 I also listened to that on Mondays!

Tue. 2/5/13 6:15pm
Philo Gristle:
@Annie Never heard of that one. I have a preference for the ones where radiation causes insect to mutate to giant size. Attack of the CRAB Monsters, perhaps. Otherwise must be Slim Pickens ridin' the rocket.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:16pm
Doug Schulkind:
Even though I'm originally from Bethesda, MD, many people think I'm from Baltimore. (Eddie Murray is my Buddha.)

Tue. 2/5/13 6:17pm
kat330:
Yes, Matt, I see you there. Often an arrival time just after SNL ends. :) AND I saw you finally had a meet-up. Dan's a good man.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:18pm
annie:
it is a classic shirley performance, with teri garr... and that tall guy with the hair.. a very special film :Set during the Cuban missile crisis, Waiting for the Light is an off-beat comic tale about a single mother of two (Teri Garr) who has just taken over a roadside cafe with her aunt (Shirley MacLaine), a former circus magician. MacLaine and the children pull a prank on her crotchety next-door neighbor, who is tricked into believing that the image he sees is actually an angel. Soon, the entire town believes an angel is living at Garr's diner, and eventually people come to the diner from miles around in hopes of seeing the angel.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:19pm
Matt from Springfield:
@Doug: You know how it can be when people are out of state and not familiar with an area--in fact, it's a good thing Philly is "Filadelfia"; if it was "Piladelpia", people would confuse it and Pittsburgh! Two very different cities!

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:20pm
Matt from Springfield:
@kat: Dan IS a good man! And Van is a good man too, though he didn't make this one. The next one we're trying for is a big, DC-area one meeting in DC around U St., and already Van has recs for a location.

Tue. 2/5/13 6:24pm
kat330:
Thanks, all youse, with your Baltimore - DE beach recs! Matt, if we *should* actually make this trip, we'll have to arrange a time to meet with you and any other DCers that are available.

Tue. 2/5/13 6:24pm
Philo Gristle:
Love this Jorge, reminding me a bit of another Jorge: Ben and Africa Brasil. And that violin sounds like whoever it was that played with Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. Awesome!

And of course Plan 9 rocked! They showed a colorized version, which was new to me. A beautiful display of Ed Wood's combo of poor management and limitless passion for storytelling. The riffs were great--I'm glad I watched that alone earlier, a true masterpiece like that warrants it :)

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:30pm
ndbob:
I found one of Ed Wood's novels online - pretty standard JD novel, with some Wood touches, such as angora sweaters

Tue. 2/5/13 6:30pm
kat330:
@glenn: I think that thing on his head is nuke-proof, unfortunately.

Tue. 2/5/13 6:32pm
Philo Gristle:
@Matt "Peace in the world, or the world in pieces" Not really that close since it makes sense, but Criswell could get his alignments lined up every now and when.

And glad you enjoyed it! The Tim Burton biopic was a rare case of a modern film capturing that b-movie mayhem and melancholy in a way that was really wonderful and surprising.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:34pm
Matt from Springfield:
And I did learn about the storied history Criswell had "predicting" outside of that movie (his was a celeb cameo, y'know). And that John Breckinridge was another cross-dressing fan known as "Bunny"! Since Ed Wood had friends pretty much like that, I'm glad he cast them in his movies! :)

Bunny and Bonny -- reminding me of "Seven Psychopaths" we saw last night. Waits always with a bunny and a Shiit-zu named "Bonny." Not up to his "In Bruges" level in any sense, but some fun cinematic moments nevertheless.

Tue. 2/5/13 6:38pm
Philo Gristle:
@Bob That's right, I forgot about that! And we're full circle back to seafood with "Do the Clam." (One of Those Songs Cramps Taught Me)

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:41pm
Matt from Springfield:
@Philo: Just checked their menu -- Grotto's doesn't have seafood as a pizza topping. But, they do sell "half-baked" pizzas, especially for tourists who want to take them home and freeze them. You can add any toppings you want to those, and bake!

Tue. 2/5/13 6:46pm
Philo Gristle:
@Matt Thanks! Found their website and looks like they do have some anchovies, but I'll take a pass on that. :) Last good seafood pizza I had was in Helsinki about 14 years ago. Oysters, shrimp and various other delicious treats.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:46pm
glenn:
ooh. speaking of french mystery writers, there's a new fred vargas coming out soonish. i can hardly wait.

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:48pm
Matt from Springfield:
@Philo: I saw a poster for "crab stick" pizza while in Thailand--never ordered that so not sure what that's like. Crab fried rice on the other hand, is available nearby, as mentioned previously.

Tue. 2/5/13 6:49pm
kat330:
@Holly: Yeah, we also had a gorgeous day, with tomorrow promising to be even better. [That means a laundry day for me.]

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:54pm
Matt from Springfield:
@Philo: That would be a good sketch about the Maryland State Fair--since crab cakes are a treasured state dish, and state fairs often put stuff on sticks. It would show people paying top $$ for "Crab Cake on a Stick", which of course is too soft and falls off!

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Tue. 2/5/13 6:55pm
Doug Schulkind:
Greetings pbushmil! Great to see you here.

Tue. 2/5/13 6:57pm
Philo Gristle:
Thanks Glenn -- looks right up my alley, though I somewhat lost my ability to read novels since I started working in publishing. Having given that up a couple of years ago, I've put my feet back in ... with babysteps. I'll check the local library.